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For this weeks chapter we are reading about Politics, Parties, and Campaigns. This chapter speaks deeply about the 2 important political groups which are Republican and Democratic. The two are described in Page 94, " The Republicans typically have been considered the party of the big business, the Democrats the party of the workers." I don't know how I feel about this description in the book, although it may be very true. The book states that, "Republicans tend to be more conservative, favoring   a limited role of government; Democrats tend to be more liberal, preferring a more activist government". These two groups work very hard during campaigns to try to get a representative to run for the presidency. Once elections are made one of two people are chosen to be the Presidents. On Figure 5.1 you can see the over the years the Republican Party has more older people who vote for them. Which is why this makes sense, the Republicans have more older people on their side which is why they are more old fashion and less open to new changes. As for the Democrats they have a younger audience who are more open to new ideas in society.

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